THE TENSION: Combat Camera: US Special Forces Soldiers Fire Rockets

A U.S. Special Forces soldier with Special Operations Task Force - Central fires a rocket during a training exercise conducted in Basrah, Iraq, May 2. Special Forces Soldiers continuously sharpen their skills on various weapon systems in order to become more combat effective. (Photo by Spc. William Hatton, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Arabian Peninsula.)

As a U.S. Special Forces soldier counts down, his fellow Soldier with Special Operations Task Force - Central fires a Carl Gustav rocket during a training exercise conducted in Basrah, Iraq, May 2. (Photo by Spc. William Hatton, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Arabian Peninsula.)

A U.S. Special Forces soldier observes as a fellow Soldier with Special Operations Task Force - Central fires a rocket during a training exercise conducted in Basrah, Iraq, May 2. (Photo by Spc. William Hatton, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Arabian Peninsula.)

A U.S. Special Forces soldier with Special Operations Task Force - Central fires a Carl Gustav rocket, also known by Soldiers as "the Gustav," during a training exercise conducted in Iraq's southern city of Basrah, May 2. (Photo by Spc. William Hatton, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Arabian Peninsula.)